Congratulating the winner of Bacon Ice Cream showdown 2010 (no I am not kissing Bacon Buddy in this picture)

This year's dinner featured a no holds bar bacon dessert challenge, once again between Chef Shufelt and Chef Cowan. $20 from each ticket was donated to the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, with the staff graciously donating their gratuity from the evening as well, raising a whopping $635! So moovealous of the staff to do that!

I'll let the photos do the talking this time around as everything tasted amazing and I was far too busy gorging myself in porcine delights, and enjoying the wonderful company of my date for the evening, @CynthiaFawcett, to bother writing too much. Note that everything either had bacon in it, was cooked with bacon fat, or had bacon fat in it (ie. substituting butter with bacon fat).

Be warned, your arteries might clog just viewing the following drool worthy photos! If you missed attending this year, don't despair! Save the date next year, Saturday of Labour Day weekend!

Waiver of Liability (yes, including death)

Everyone started with bacon truffled popcorn, following swiftly with a chacuterie plate including bacon jam/foie gras terrine, bacon pastrami, kobe pastrami, cured pork belly and surely other items I missed hearing described as I hungrily dug in. The chacuterie was all delicious, a mix of juicy, smokey, flavorful and rich tasting meats. Oh and yes, that is a bacon Cesar with bacon vodka beside me.

Chef Shufelt's winning dessert - brioche toasted in bacon fat, topped with blue cheese and a bacon and fig jam. A very savory dessert, but a great balance between the tangy blue cheese and mildly sweet and smokey fig and bacon jam.